The noodles were homemade.
Mmmmm, beef tongue broth.
Posted on 09/20/2005 9:43:01 AM PDT by Millee
Eddie Murphy once did a hilarous skit about how instead of getting a McDonalds hamburger, his mom would make him a soggy ol' burger using wonder bread. So todays' question is: what gross food were you forced to eat as a kid (or how did you sneak it to the dog?) For example:
1. Chipped Beef on toast - Gross, gross, gross! My dinner on those nights usually consisted of dry toast. I'd practially use an eyedropper when applying that white, pasty goop.
2. Canned spinach - like algae from a fish tank.
3. Raisins - My brother liked them so Mom would get them as a snack for both of us! Raisins ONLY belong in oatmeal cookies. Period.
Please use this space to vent regarding any gastronomical childhood traumas you may have experienced. :-p
According to my older brothers, my mother used to make something called "friggadelloes" or "frickadelloes" (phonetic spelling). I don't know what it was, but my brothers would only mention it in tones of horror. I think it had beef. It must have been so bad that she stopped making it by the time I was born. If four growing boys would not eat it, I guess it really was bad. Maybe I was lucky only to have to deal with the Spanish rice.
Somebody always manages to bring one of those jello salads to picnics,potluck. and they always go uneaten. You're right about that website..sick,sick,sick
Holy cow!
Is that a real soup?!?
Ech. I don't think I want to read below your post.
I didn't know livers had balls.
Liver ball soup.
Hee hee.
Liver ball soup.
It's kinda hitting me funny.
It shall keep me chuckling to myself all day.
1. Chipped Beef on toast is the BEST!
It may have been this
Frikadel (Dutch Meatloaf)
It is commonly eaten mashed up in a bed of rice and vegetable soup.
1 lb ground beef
1 lb ground sausage
2 medium potatoes
1 egg
2 teaspoons ground nutmeg, to taste
1 1/2 teaspoons salt, to taste
2 tablespoons parsley flakes
1 teaspoon black pepper or white pepper
That's a new one to me, too. Ugh.
We often didn't have a lot of 'luxuries' like lipton soup mix. Remember how it was in commercials, like all the rich (and good!) moms just naturally had it on hand? My mom had to rely on homemade canned tomato sauce. And actual sauteed onions and kidney beans she soaked the night before, instead of canned. It was really good and I haven't been able to duplicate it to my liking. I remember being embarassed because we couldn't afford those lastest trends, silly me!, but it sounds like the spanish rice was all the better as a result.
Maybe you remember this one? I wish my mom had written down the recipe. It was a kind of jello dessert made with cottage cheese. Sounds yucky, but it wasn't. I know there are a plethora of recipes for jello with whipped cream and such, but I distinctly remember her using cottage cheese and whipping it first to blend it. It was sooo good.
The noodles were homemade.
Mmmmm, beef tongue broth.
Lima beans were the worst. The instantly became cold when removed from the stove.
My father called it S.O.S.
Wouldn't pass my lips now, though.
Unless I were starving.
Literally starving.
I just have to ping the mod to your post. Not too long ago we got into a discussion about jello and the things people put into it to create jello salads.
Our ickiest jello salad was cherry with celery, carrots, onion and pecans. I have hated anything in my jello since then!
You forgot the kitten uvulas.
>>>>tomato aspic
(I had to look this one up)
1 1/4 cups boiling water
1 (.3-ounce) package regular lemon-flavored gelatin*
1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon finely minced onion
1/8 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
Ground cloves to taste
2 cups diced celery
Lettuce
hmmm, no. Pass :P
I do love crabs and lobster. I've been catching crabs since I was 2. Cleaning them myself since I was 5. Even going out to the nesting areas in the bay by myself since I was 8 :)
Despite the fact tarantulas are from the same family, I don't think I would ever try them. There would be nothing left to cook once I've finished smashing them into dust from my irrational fear of them ;)
I planted my first Rhubarb this season.
I like the scary pie :D
A lot of foods are regional. Rhubarb can't grow down here (too hot and humid) so it's weird and alien.
I've had it and I thought it was pretty good...but I eat almost anything ('cept tomatoes with milk in them).
>>>Rhubarb is called the pie plant. You put so much sugar in it the pie is as sweet as you like.
Don't add that much sugar! Add strawberries ;)
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